Archive for the ‘Nutrient Density’ Category

Don't LEAF Me Out!

What if I told you there was a magic pill that would fix a lot of your health related problems?

What if I told you that I had that magic pill and was willing to share it with you?

This magical little pill has so many benefits. Some of them include purifying your blood, preventing cancer, improving ...

Health Starts Here: The Whole Foods Adventure

On Saturday night Nutrient Rich.com co founder (and someone very dear to me) Rosie Battista and I, along with her mother Rita, went to dinner at Whole Foods in Millburn-Union NJ for a Saturday night meal.

Yes, it's practically becoming a restaurant; pretty cool to have a selection the size of Whole Foods Market when you ...

Do You Need to Supplement a Nutrient Rich Plant Based Diet With Protein?

First let's get clear on something, assuming you are eating a nutrient rich diet ( according to Dr. Fuhrman and personal and professional experience); you can only be deficient in protein, if you are deficient in calories. All protein comes from plants in the form of amino acids that animals eat to build muscle. You ...

There are two things about Nutrient Rich nutrition and foods that are so revolutionary. It's not because you are learning to eat more fruits and vegetables; I mean, who doesn't know that maximum nutrition from foods is in the vegetables and fruits?

Almost everyone does.

What's revolutionary are these two things

1) That you can get all the ...

When most people think of "healthy" foods, they think of vegetables. They are right, vegetables are the worlds best and healthiest foods. Yet in the same thought process most people will squirm with speculation as to whether or not they can eat these nutrient rich foods in a way that theywill enjoy.

That speculation is about ...

Dr. Fuhrman and the NHA Launch Nutritional Research Project

The National Health Association has launched the Nutritional Research Project. The mission of the Nutritional Research Project is to fund clinical research to evaluate the impact of a high nutrient density diet on chronic disease.

What's so great about the Nutritional Research project IS the mission, which is to conduct clinical research to study ...

DrFuhrman's Prescription for Improving and Maintaining Great Health: Nutritional Excellence

The quality of a diet can be based on three simple criteria:

1.  Levels of micronutrients (vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals) per calorie.

2.  Amounts of macronutrients (fat, carbohydrate, protein) to meet individual needs, without excessive calories that may lead to weight gain or health compromise.

3. Avoidance of potentially toxic ...

I love this article by By Craig Ballantyne. I"ll be doing an interview with Craig in August where we will introduce you to his new Easy Veggie Meal Plans, which will include the 8 raw food smoothies bonus.

By the way, I remember going through the same learning curve years ago!

Here it is.

Smoothies ...

It Is Time for a Positive Approach to Dietary Guidance Using Nutrient Density as a Basic Principle1,2

The consumption of nutrient-dense foods and beverages, which would ultimately be identified by a scientifically validated nutrient density profiling system, should be instituted as a nutrition platform in the Dietary Guidelines as a part of a larger educational effort ...

This is the wrong interpretation of a Nutrient Dense or "rich" diet.

A few months back I was debating a student of mine in PerformanceLifestyle training on the concept of whether or not, one diet was right for everyone. Many times a "Nutrient Rich diet" is confused for being a specific diet that everyone must ...